An Oral History with Mitsuhiko H. Shimizu - Segment 1
Issei community leader and businessman in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo recounts his arrest by Federal Bureau of Investigation after Pearl Harbor, his experiences in internment camps in North Dakota and Louisiana, and the Manzanar incarceration camp, California. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral …
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An Oral History with Norman Y. Mineta - Segment 1
Japanese American congressman, representing the Thirteenth Congressional District of California, born and raised in San Jose, California, discusses his early life, graduation from the University of California, Berkeley, and receiving a commission and serving in the armed forces from 1953-1956. Recalls the removal, "relocation," and incarceration of Japanese Americans during …
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Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942
Bulletin No. 6, titled: Remember Pearl Harbor. Decrying misinformation accusing people of Japanese descent of sabotage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the document seeks "to aid in combating the malicious stories which still persist concerning sabotage" there. The report includes numerous items from 1942, including newspaper and magazine articles, …
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Statements regarding Rumors of Sabotage in Hawaii
This document addresses rumors of sabotage by Japanese at Pearl Harbor which are still being repeated and believed by reputable people in California eighteen months after December 7, 1941. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: RSG_01-05_02 View in DDR »
Chronology of Evacuation and Relocation
This document describes in detail the chronology of "evacuation and relocation" after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-22_01 View in DDR »
Nisei and Issei find that this is America
This is an article from the "Magazine of America," published on June 5, 1943, by Yoichi Matsuda which describes the life of the people of Japanese ancestry and their fear of the mob and the "FBI" after Japan executed a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. See this object in the …
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Hawaii shows Japan and Asia
This is an article by Charles S. Bouslog from the magazine "Asia and the Americas," vol. 43, no. 2 (February 1943) which describes the life of the people of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. See this object in the California State …
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Proceedings and Debates of the 77th Congress, Second Session
This document contains the proceedings and debates of the 77th Congress. Miss Rankins of Montana raises a few questions about some of the activities which led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. She also debates on whether any responsible American source foresaw the Japanese attack. She goes on to present …
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Trouble among Japanese Americans
This is an article from the magazine "The New Republic," vol. 108, no. 5, number 1470, by Isamu Noguchi describing the trouble and unrest among Japanese Americans in the war relocation centers following the entry of the United States in the second world war due to the attack on Pearl …
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Little Kauai in the War
This is the article "Little Kauai in the War" by Stella M. Jones from the magazine, "Asia and the Americas" vol. 43, no. 2 (February 1943), which describes how the northern Hawaiian island of Kauai entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. See this object in the California …
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